Jehadi takeover can prompt Indo-US attack on Pakistan: book
August 8th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) A jehadi takeover of Pakistan with its nuclear arsenal can spark an Indo-American military assault on that country, which could lead to Pakistan's reabsorption into ... Read more...
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Obama hails ‘decisive turn of events’ in Cote d’Ivoire
April 12th, 2011 - 8:34 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 12 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has welcomed the "decisive turn of events" in Cote d'Ivoire, as former president Laurent Gbagbo was detained Monday following a four-months ... Read more...
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Legal proceedings against Gbagbo in Cote d’Ivoire
April 12th, 2011 - 7:51 am ICT by IANS
Abidjan, April 12 (IANS) Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognised president of Cote d'Ivoire, has said legal proceedings against the arrested ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, his wife and allies will be carried ... Read more...
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Western military strikes on Libya may threaten Gaddafi regime continuance: NYT
March 21st, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar. 21 (ANI): The military strikes on Libya by Britain, France and the United States that began on Saturday may threaten the government of that country itself, notwithstanding the Obama administration's ... Read more...
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‘Do-or-die’ Battle for Kandahar now likely to be mainly civilian reconstruction effort
June 9th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Kandahar (Afghanistan), June 9(ANI): The proposed 'do-or-die' battle for Kandahar which had been expected to begin this month, has evolved more into a civilian reconstruction effort with military action in a ... Read more...
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Suicide blasts, Zardari’s future dominated Pakistan (Flashback 2009)
December 30th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 30 (IANS) Unending suicide attacks that have claimed close to 1,000 lives and anti-Taliban military operations dominated Pakistan in 2009, a year that raised question marks over the future ... Read more...
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South Waziristan operation over: Gilani
December 12th, 2009 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 12 (DPA) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Saturday that the country's armed forces had concluded a vital operation against the Taliban in the tribal district of South ... Read more...
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Pakistani troops kill 18 militants near Afghan border
November 24th, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 24 (DPA) Pakistani forces killed at least 18 militants in an offensive launched Tuesday against the rebels believed to be behind a recent wave of suicide bombings in the ... Read more...
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Taliban has readied 25 vehicles for suicide bombings
November 15th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) The Taliban ordered that 25 vehicles should be packed with explosives for suicide bombings before the Pakistani military launched its offensive in South Waziristan, a media report ... Read more...
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Pakistani troops kill 27 Taliban in restive Swat Valley
July 22nd, 2009 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 22 (DPA) At least 27 militants were killed in the on-going military operations in Pakistan's restive Swat Valley and two adjoining districts, security officials said Wednesday.
The latest killings came ... Read more...
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Scars of Operation Bluestar remain - 25 years later
June 5th, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Amritsar, June 5 (IANS) Although the Sikhs have moved on, with one of them now ruling India, there is no forgetting Operation Bluestar, the 1984 military assault on the ... Read more...
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‘Bluestar’ will remain etched in the Sikh psyche for generations (Comment)
June 4th, 2009 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently asked the Sikhs to move on with the cataclysmic events of 1984. Though the comment of the country's first Sikh prime minister were in ... Read more...
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Policemen desert Pakistan’s Malakand division in droves: Report
May 26th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 26 (IANS) Large numbers of policemen have reportedly deserted Buner while over 40 percent are staying off duty in Swat after the situation deteriorated in Malakand division where the ... Read more...
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Taliban defy Pak Government’s curfew, patrols Swat
May 4th, 2009 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, May 4 (ANI): Armed Taliban militants defied a government curfew and patrolled the main town in Pakistan's Swat district, after rejecting an Islamic appeals court set up under a peace ... Read more...
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Canadian Tamils warn of civil war in Sri Lanka (Lead)
April 28th, 2009 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, April 28 (IANS) Sri Lankan Tamils have warned of a civil war on the island nation if Colombo does not reciprocate to the Tigers' call for a ceasefire and ... Read more...
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Tamils write to Canadian PM, warn of civil war in Sri Lanka
April 28th, 2009 - 6:22 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 28 (IANS) Sri Lankan Tamils who staged night-long protests here Monday have warned of a civil war on the island nation if Colombo does not reciprocate to the Tigers' call ... Read more...
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After Kilinochchi, is Rajapaksa awaiting Kalinga? (Comment)
April 20th, 2009 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Even the pictures could not have fully captured the immense joy President Mahinda Rajapaksa may have felt when he victoriously toured Kilinochchi, the once quaint Sri Lankan town the ... Read more...
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UN accuses Hamas of stealing Gaza aid
February 5th, 2009 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Gaza City/Ramallah, Feb 4 (DPA) Police affiliated with the Islamic Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip forcibly seized 3,500 blankets and 406 food packages earmarked for hundreds of poor Gaza Strip families, ... Read more...
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Hamas says it accepts one-year truce with Israel
February 2nd, 2009 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, Feb 2 (Xinhua) The Islamic Hamas movement said Monday that it accepted a one-year truce with Israel for lifting the blockade on Gaza and reopening the border crossings.Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas spokesman ... Read more...
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Israeli aircraft strikes in Gaza again, eight wounded
January 29th, 2009 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, Jan 29 (Xinhua) Eight Palestinians were injured Thursday as an Israeli army aircraft fired a missile in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, medics and witnesses said. The witnesses ... Read more...
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Russian recognition violates Georgia’s sovereignty: G7
August 28th, 2008 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 28 (DPA) Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia violates Georgia's sovereignty, the top industrialised democracies have said."Russia's recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia violates the territorial ... Read more...
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US-Polish missile shield deal aimed at Russia: Moscow
August 15th, 2008 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Moscow, Aug 15 (DPA) Washington's deal to deploy part of a US missile defence system in Poland appears to be aimed against Russia, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. "The agreement's content and ... Read more...
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Poland, US seal missile-defence deal
August 15th, 2008 - 7:27 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Warsaw, Aug 15 (DPA) Poland agreed Thursday to host part of a US anti-missile shield in return for military aid, capping more than a year of tough bargaining over a project that ... Read more...
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Russian action against Georgia justified: Gorbachev
August 14th, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Moscow, Aug 14 (RIA Novosti) Russia had no choice but to launch a counterattack to Georgia's offensive in breakaway South Ossetia, but it is still possible to find a political solution ... Read more...
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Georgia seeks Western help as Russia ends military assault (Lead)
August 13th, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Moscow, Aug 13 (DPA) The political players in the recently halted Ossetia war Wednesday were scrambling for tactical advantages in ongoing ceasefire talks. The de facto ceasefire held over its first night, ... Read more...
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36 killed in clashes between LTTE, Sri Lanka Army
June 9th, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, June 9 (IANS) At least 28 Tamil Tigers and eight soldiers were killed and over 60 injured in fierce clashes in Sri Lanka's northern Wanni region, the defence ministry said Monday. ... Read more...
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Pak Sikhs give a miss to Operation Blue Star anniversary to promote Indo-Pak peace initiative
June 7th, 2008 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, June 7 (ANI): Keen not to mar the ongoing peace initiatives between the Governments of India and Pakistan, most Sikhs in Pakistan did their bit on June 6 (Friday) by ... Read more...
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Eleven suicide bombers active in Rawalpindi, Islamabad
November 14th, 2007 - 8:08 am ICT by admin
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